EDITORIAL: THE PRESIDENT'S REAL GOAL IN IRAQ
Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/29/02
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/opinion/0902/29bookman.html
The official story on Iraq has never made sense. The connection that the
Bush administration has tried to draw between Iraq and al-Qaida has always
seemed contrived and artificial. In fact, it was hard to believe that smart
people in the Bush administration would start a major war based on such
flimsy evidence.
The pieces just didn't fit. Something else had to be going on; something
was missing.
In recent days, those missing pieces have finally begun to fall into place.
As it turns out, this is not really about Iraq. It is not about weapons of
mass destruction, or terrorism, or Saddam, or U.N. resolutions.
This war, should it come, is intended to mark the official emergence of the
United States as a full-fledged global empire, seizing sole responsibility
and authority as planetary policeman. It would be the culmination of a plan
10 years or more in the making, carried out by those who believe the United
States must seize the opportunity for global domination, even if it means
becoming the "American imperialists" that our enemies always claimed we
were…
In an interview Friday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld brushed aside
that suggestion, noting that the United States does not covet other
nations' territory. That may be true, but 57 years after World War II
ended, we still have major bases in Germany and Japan. We will do the same
in Iraq…
Among the architects of this would-be American Empire are a group of
brilliant and powerful people who now hold key positions in the Bush
administration: They envision the creation and enforcement of what they
call a worldwide "Pax Americana," or American peace. But so far, the
American people have not appreciated the true extent of that ambition.
Part of it's laid out in the National Security Strategy, a document in
which each administration outlines its approach to defending the country…
In essence, it lays out a plan for permanent U.S. military and economic
domination of every region on the globe, unfettered by international treaty
or concern. And to make that plan a reality, it envisions a stark expansion
of our global military presence…
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